AVerMedia MCECINEMA Averlife Cinema Media Player

by AVerMedia

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 10 x 2.8 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003IPC1VU
• Item model number: MCECINEMA
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,369 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

AVerLife Cinema: Enjoy Movies, Photos & Music Files on Your TV. AVerLife Cinema is your solution for viewing your media files (Video, music or photos) directly on your TV. The convenient front mounted Hi -Speed USB 2.0 and Card Reader inputs support a wide variety of the most popular media file formats.The AVerLife Cinema is equipped with Component, Composite and HDMI output connectors. It’s a simple and affordable way to view digital media content on your TV or over head projector. Simply connect the AVerLife Cinema, plug-in your input source and you're ready to enjoy all of your Digital Media content.Have all your videos, movies, music and photos on your computer or external hard drive? How about bringing them all together, without the use of a computer and view them on your TV. Now you can and it’s easy! The AVerLife Cinema has an intuitive user interface and included remote control that allows the user to navigate easily through their media library.With photo slideshows, transitions, zoom capabilities and background music you can customize your memories and share them with family and friends. Input Source: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed; MS/SD/SDHC/; MMC Card Reader; Output Signal; HDMI; Component (YPbPr); Composite Video; Audio L/R;Support File System; FAT/FAT32/NTFS;Package Includes: AVerLife Cinema; User Manual; Power Adapter; HDMI Cable; Component (YPbPr) Cable; Remote Control (Batteries Included)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for stills, not so much for videos (especially on a large screen), April 6, 2011

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Robert S. Tobias (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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Bottom Line: Good for pictures anywhere or video files on a small screen. (To be fair, for the price this isn't all that bad. I bought it for a bit less than "the price" on sale so I feel even better.)

The unit is small, about the size of a paperback book. I liked that it came with both a component cable (necessary because the player-side connection is non-standard) and an HDMI connector. The player display and menus have a polished look, unlike some low cost media players still available.

Image display is nice. There are a number of built in, nicely done, transitions, and you can configure it to use one all the time or select randomly.

Video display is where this thing falls apart. To test it I rendered the same short movie clip at three different MPEG-2 resolutions. VCD - 480x480, PC - 640x480, and HD - 1920x1080. The VCD played fine but was fuzzy on my large screen. The PC version was sharper but noticeable slower. (The accompanying audio changed key... actually, several keys.) The HD version wouldn't play at all. (There was a pop-up message saying it was an unrecognized format.)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Falls Short, April 7, 2011

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Bernard Robbins (Marshall, MI 49068) - See all my reviews
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Pros: Small; NTFS for USB hard drives (meh); Remote; Wide range of outputs (will go from my HDTV to CRT in kids room to LCD in mini van).

Cons: No internal storage (meh); No exFAT (Biggie: no support for <4GB files, most 720p files are ~6GB); No support for x264 MKV (vast majority of rip'd movies); No network.

I didn't even get to play one movie since it wouldn't play a x264 MKV's. The menu did come up. I reformatted my flash drive to NTFS (not a good idea) and it did recognize it.

Returning it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Should have studied more, July 25, 2011

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Doesn't support .M4V format, so not useful for me. Love my WD-TV, guess there's a reason this was 1/2 the price. Picture looks good with photos and the limited content I had it supports. So, a 2 for me.